[RTTY] g0azt Eddie

[Anthony W. DePrato]

As some of you know i have been trying to run down some old qsls from 
the late 90's on rtty. G0AZT/W6 was very active on the bands and a 
good friend to many of us over the years. while trying to get TY on 
rtty confirmed on a few bands I recalled that  Eddie and Ray WF1B 
were there at Peters for a contest in the late 90's i have found 
Peters DL call and address but he lists that he will NOT qsl . but 
thinking i would give it a shot anyway i had sent Peter Ray and Eddie 
qsl requests. i got a letter back from Ray last week he is well but 
does not have any  radios anymore he said they ran out of qsls years 
ago but did confirm the contacts on the back of mine for his and 
Eddie's dxped to TY.
Ray said i have renewed his interest in Radio by contacting him 
and  that i was the only ham he had heard from in over 10 years. so 
lets all hope Ray gets back on the air. his rtty contesting software 
made contesting on rtty fun. I have not heard from Peter TY1TS but i 
keep hoping.
I got a letter today for Jim McCombe.who Eddie stayed with in Calif. 
and it is with a sad heart that i must pass along the bad news that 
Eddie G0AZT became a SK  on Dec 23rd 2015.  from complications from 
Pneumonia.Jim said eddie lost interest in radio in  late  1999 and 
sold all his gear. he spent his later years building computers.
Jim informed me he had no ideal what Eddie ever did with his logs but 
would look and see if he could find them. He wanted me to pass along 
to the rtty and UK gang that Eddie was a SK.
RIP OLD FRIEND
73 Tony WA4JQS

Anthony W.DePrato WA4JQS since 1962
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